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THEFT: Chambersburg Police received a report from Northwestern Human Services Wednesday morning that someone removed a corner from the license plate on one of its vehicles overnight.

The corner contained the registration sticker, police said.

(Incident No. C2012-12884)

GREENCASTLE

THEFT: Four rings and a laptop were stolen between Nov. 24 and Saturday from an apartment at 53 Eastern Ave., according to Greencastle Police.

(Incident No. 2012-12-02064)

VANDALISM: Greencastle Police received a report that someone cut the exterior wire of one of several Christmas lights at 235 Apple Drive Friday or Saturday. The complainant said this has been an ongoing problem for several years, according to police.

(Incident No. 2012-12-02067)

GUILFORD TOWNSHIP

CRASH: A driver struck a utility pole on the northern side of Social Island Road at 10:35 p.m. Monday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.

Police said Alfredo J. Figueroa, 33, Chambersburg, crested a slight hill on a bend in the road, traveled over wet pavement and lost traction.

Figueroa was reportedly unable to regain control of his 2009 Hyundai Elantra and spun counterclockwise - traveling toward a pole on the northern part of the road and striking a utility pole.

Figueroa was not injured, police said.

(Incident No. H03-2168646)

QUINCY TOWNSHIP

IDENTIFY THEFT: Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, is investigating an identity theft incident that reportedly occurred on Settle Drive between Nov.

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9 and 13.

(Incident No. H03-2168945)

SHIPPENSBURG

HARASSMENT: Gregory Joh Kanowicz, 23, of 230 Locust St., Mount Carmel, allegedly grabbed a 20-year-old man by the shirt and punched him in the face over the payment of a Comcast bill about 11 a.m. Friday.

Shippensburg Police said the victim was not injured and Kanowicz is being charged with harassment.

(Incident No. SP-2012-6034)

SHIPPENSBURG TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

HARASSMENT: A 33-year-old Shippensburg woman reported to Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle, on Monday that Jeffrey Emanuel Beitler, 39, Loysville, is harassing her by calling and threatening her.

The woman told police that Beitler said he was "coming over to punch her in the skull if she called CYS again."

Beitler reportedly told police that he cursed at the woman but didn't threaten her. He was notified that he would receive charges for harassment.

(Incident No. H02-2168729)

UPPER FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY

CRASH: A Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle, trooper was dispatched to Bloserville Road north of Knoll Lane after a truck crashed into the woods.
The driver - 58-year-old Jeffery L. Morret of Dillsburg - reportedly told the trooper he fell asleep and ran off the road. He was wearing his seat belt and was not injured, police said.

(Incident No. H02-2168039)

LICKING CREEK TOWNSHIP, FULTON COUNTY

BURGLARY: Someone entered a shed on the property of 756 Mill Road between Nov. 5 and 20 and stole several hundred pounds of copper piping, wire, fittings, valves and lighting rods, according to Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg.

A 4-foot level and four scaffolding wheels were also taken from the shed, police said. Total value of stolen items is estimated at $2,085.

(Incident No. G05-1302390)

MCCONNELLSBURG

RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT: Police arrested Timothy Wayne Spoonhour, a 26-year-old Chambersburg resident, after he allegedly became involved in an argument in the Fulton County Medical Center parking lot on Peach Orchard Road Nov. 27.

"This led to a series of hitting the victim, hitting her vehicle with a crutch, verbal abuse and pulling the emergency brake in her vehicle while she was driving," according to a Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg trooper.